Aug 16–17, 2013 · Huntington State Beach, CA
LEFT COAST Q won Grand Champion at the Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons on August 16, 2013 in Huntington State Beach, CA, scoring 690.8000 in a field of 63 teams. SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.1316. Category winners: Chicken — SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ (178.8800); Pork Ribs — Twisted Brisket (174.8916); Pork — BURNIN AND LOOTIN (180.0000); Brisket — WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ (177.1428). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2015.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2016 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 75% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6684 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.
LEFT COAST Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork places 1–2: BURNIN AND LOOTIN and LEFT COAST Q tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ edged MY SMOKIN GRILLFRIEND by 0.0112. Pork places 7–8: R&R BBQ edged RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ by 0.0116.
Bigger than 93% of the 5,468 contests in the data
63 teams — bigger than 93% of the 5,468 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2013 ← this one | Huntington State Beach, CA | Huntington State Beach, CA | 63 | 690.8000 | LEFT COAST Q | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| Aug 7, 2015 | Huntington Beach, CA | Huntington Beach, CA 92655 | 58 | 701.6684 | PIGSKIN BBQ | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ |
| Aug 5, 2016 | Huntington Beach, CA | Huntington Beach, CA 92655 | 36 | 695.9428 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | LADY OF Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 173.1084 | 169.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8916 | 172.6400 | 169.6916 |
| Pork | 180 | 173.7028 | 170.8344 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 172.5600 | 167.9772 |
63 entries · top 690.8000 · median 635.9888
63 entries · top 178.8800 · median 162.2516
63 entries · top 174.8916 · median 160.5484
63 entries · top 180 · median 159.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
63 entries · top 177.1428 · median 154.2628
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
5 entries · top 167.4400 · median 154.8800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh Snap BBQ | |
| 2 | Blue Cloud BBQ (Hunter) | |
| 3 | Blue Cloud BBQ (Dallin) | |
| 4 | Gavin Thomas | |
| 5 | High Rollers Smokin' BBQ (Savannah) |
10 entries · top 178.3200 · median 164.2914